This document discusses how social media has changed crisis communications. It notes that while crisis principles remain the same, everything has changed due to the speed at which news spreads on social media. It provides strategies for responding to crises on social media, such as responding quickly, being transparent, acknowledging mistakes, and emphasizing existing relationships. It also examines case studies of companies that responded well or poorly to crises on social media.
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Social Media and Crisis Communications (Revisited)
1. Social Media and Crisis
Communications (Revisited)
Shel Holtz, ABC
April 27, 2009
2. Baseline: What is a PR crisis?
An unanticipated event or disclosure
that threatens your organization’s/client’s
reputation
3. The conundrum
Nothing’s changed
Crisis principles remain unaffected
Everything’s changed
Solution:
Apply crisis basics to Web 2.0 crises
4. Crisis basics
The public is risk-averse
The public attaches little credibility to business advocates
Media’s role is based on conflict
Advocacy groups will exploit your crisis to their own
ends
Emotion, not logic, is at issue
If you engage in debate, you’ll be seen as defensive
Crises are characterized by symbols
8. Key crisis goals
Survive the crisis
Present/maintain positive image
Maintain constituent support
Monitor / listen (a given)
Address misperceptions and misinformation
Eliminate or alter the symbols
11. Strategies
Respond quickly, accurately, professionally, with care
Be transparent and accessible
Treat perceptions as fact
Acknowledge mistakes
Tailor messages to address the “angry” party
Note other side’s concerns
Make no public confrontations
Emphasize existing relationships
12. The reality of crises today
Erupt with unprecedented speed
An insatiable thirst for news
Anyone can break news
Porous boundaries between social & mainstream media
15. What is news?
Not just major announcements or milestones
Instead: Frequent, regular updates
We’re in meetings discussing it
New information is emerging
These updates will drive the 140-character news cycle
Without them, other content will
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30. Why use social media in a crisis?
It’s where people increasingly go for information
Online social interaction centers around the "emergency
period" of an event – University of Colorado at Boulder
Instant updating
Human voice
Accommodates public’s emotional response
Produce a record
Two-way communication is more credible